Sunday, August 03, 2008

Canadian Football League States Officials Made Error

The Canadian Football League announced today that it has conducted a supplementary review of a player ejection made during last night's game between the Calgary Stampeders and the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Calgary.

During the game, Calgary linebacker JoJuan Armour was ejected from the game for making contact with a CFL official during the course of play. Upon review of video footage, it was determined that the contact between Mr. Armour and the official directly resulted from prior contact between Mr. Armour and a Saskatchewan Roughrider player. The ejection of the player was unwarranted.

CFL Director of Officiating Tom Higgins stated, "We sincerely regret that this officiating error was made and cost Mr. Armour the opportunity to play during last night's game. Our officials are professionals and do a tremendous job, but when a call is missed we take it very seriously and have an internal review system to deal with it appropriately".

Mr. Armour will be eligible to play in this week's rematch between Calgary and Saskatchewan in Regina on Thursday.